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OCD – What It Can Be like

I came across this short film this morning. I am not sure I like it, well I do, it’s the ending that bothers me some. The first part is an interview with a young man who has OCD and the second part is a fantasy about what it is like to live with it. It ends rather tragically and while most of us do not get to that point, I think many of us have had the thought from time to time. We just want it to stop. If it would only stop for a minute…

I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

by Mark Twain

The OCD Stories

As OCD is rarely limited to one specific type in one individual it is difficult to place the stories in one category. I have tried to place them in the categories below, by what appears to be the primary category.

Most stories end up in the Pure O category. This is the category for Intrusive thoughts and ruminating. Or obsessions without a clear external compulsion